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The winger has come up through the ranks at the club and made his senior debut earlier this season – in some style, too, coming off the bench to find the back of the net in the Carabao Cup defeat at Burton Albion back in October.

He then made his first Championship appearance in the 4-2 thumping of Leeds United on New Year’s Day, and is considered to have a bright future ahead of him, putting pen to paper on a fresh four-and-a-half-year contract last month.

He comes in at No.45 on Four Four Two’s compilation, with the magazine commenting: “An ever-uncertain managerial situation at the City Ground has done little to halt Appiah’s trajectory into Forest’s first-team squad.

Nottingham Forest's Arvin Appiah warms up (Image: Dan Westwell)

“With Forest now trying to reclaim an identity under Martin O’Neill and Roy Keane, the East Midlanders could do a lot worse than turning to the famed Nigel Doughty Academy and begin to utilise Appiah’s exciting raw, attacking talent.”

Reds boss Martin O'Neill said of Appiah last month: "He is a really good talent and it will be nice to work with players like that - young players who want to learn; who want to improve their game.

"But he has the natural talent there to start with."

Also making it on to the list is former Reds striker Ben Brereton, now at Blackburn Rovers, who is No.29.

The top five is made up of Chelsea’s Callum Hudson-Odoi in first spot, followed by Manchester City’s Phil Foden, Arsenal’s Reiss Nelson, Fulham’s Ryan Sessegnon and Manchester United’s Mason Greenwood.